Joe Biden will campaign with black Senator Kamala Harris as the runner-up candidate. Donald Trump openly questions whether she is allowed to do the job as the daughter of immigrants.
- US presidential candidate Joe Biden has named African American Senator Kamala Harris as his deputy.
- Harris, in turn, wants to make Trump's corona management an election campaign issue (update from August 13, 11:35 a.m.) .
- Trump, in turn, simply leaves doubts about Harris' right to the presidential job (update from August 14, 11:33 a.m.) .
Update from August 14, 11:33 a.m .: US President Donald Trump has triggered a wave of criticism because he did not oppose the thesis that the democratic politician Kamala Harris could not have the right to the presidential post because of her origins . Senator Harris was selected as runner-up by Democratic presidential-designate Joe Biden . The conservative lawyer John Eastman published later in the magazine Newsweek a guest article in which he doubted that Harris could also take over the post of president - on the grounds that their parents noWere US citizens when she was born.
US President Donald Trump
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Trump on US citizenship debate: "I have no idea if that's true"
Eastman was referring to the fact that the US Constitution states that only a "natural born citizen" is eligible for the presidential post - someone who has acquired citizenship at birth. By amendments and court rulings, it is recognized that being born in United States territory is critical . Eastman argued against it that the nationality of the parents could play a role.
Dispute about Kamala Harris and her origin: Racism allegations against Trump
When asked about the conspiracy theory at a press conference , Trump said on Thursday in the White House, according to AFP , that he had "heard that it did not meet the requirements". Trump did not contradict the doubts. " I have no idea if that's true," he said. He recently heard about it for the first time. "I'll have a look at it." The lawyer who wrote it was "highly qualified, very talented," said the President at the same time.
Biden's campaign team then recalled that Trump had unfoundedly questioned that his predecessor Barack Obama was born in the United States. Democratic Congressmen Ted Lieu and Don Beyer accused Trump of racism .
US election: "Whining is what Trump does best" - Biden and Harris launch an attack on the president
Update from August 13, 11:35 a.m .: It should be a sore point of the incumbent US President: In the election campaign against Donald Trump, the Democrats are making the number of US victims in the Corona crisis an issue . The reason why the virus * hit the US particularly hard is "because Trump did not take it seriously from the start," said Democratic candidate for the vice-presidential post, Kamala Harris , on Wednesday in Wilmington, Delaware. It was her first joint appearance in this role with the Democratic presidential candidate-designate Joe Biden * . "Whining is what Donald Trump does best," said presidential nominee Biden.
While other countries have relied on science , Trump propagated “miracle drugs” that he saw on Fox News . "That's what happens when we choose someone who just isn't up to the task," said Harris. “We are fighting for the soul of this nation. But together we can do it, Harris also tweeted about her team-up with Biden:
We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. But together, it's a battle we can win. @ JoeBiden — I'm ready to get to work. pic.twitter.com/3PJcUTYBGU
- Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 12, 2020More than five million corona diseases * were registered in the USA - around a quarter of the worldwide cases. More than 165,000 people died.
US election: Trump shoots at Biden's vice-candidate Harris - "Very nasty"
Update from August 12, 11:05 a.m .: The attacks by US President Donald Trump against Joe Biden's vice-candidate Kamala Harris continue. Trump also said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to information from n-tv , that Harris was particularly “malicious” towards his candidate for the US Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh , at the hearing in the Senate . "I will not forget that anytime soon," said Trump, according to the report.
Joe Biden's runner-up in the US election: Stars congratulate Kamala Harris
Various stars have congratulated Harris on social media : Pink, for example, sheds "true tears of joy," according to a tweet by the US singer on Twitter:
Real actual tears of joy over here in the Hart household https://t.co/FuwDcuWOte
- P! Nk (@Pink) August 11, 2020And actress Sharon Stone congratulated the Senator: "I'm happy for you and I'm relieved and happy for our country." He couldn't wait to vote for the Biden Harris team, wrote singer John Legend . After the November elections, the difficult work of recovering from Donald Trump's “nightmare” presidency will begin.
The African American Kerry Washington ("Django Unchained") referred to the historic moment when a black woman and a woman with Indian roots were running for the first time for one of the two big parties as a runner-up candidate. She is very happy for all the children who see themselves in Harris and who can now “dream bigger”.
Actress Charlize Theron called on her Twitter followers to vote. "Let's go," wrote the Oscar winner. With Harris, the team is now established. "Now it's up to us to vote." Singer Cher adorned her tweet "Congratulations Madame Vice-President" with a party blast emoji.
CONGRATULATIONS MADAME VICE PRESIDENT🎉
IM BEYOND EXCITED🎂 pic.twitter.com/hZfdULsJG5
US election 2020: Trump shoots Kamala Harris
Update from August 12, 6.47 a.m .: US President Donald Trump * has attacked the vice-presidential candidate of his election challenger Joe Biden, Kamala Harris , with disparaging remarks. Trump said in the White House on Tuesday that he was “surprised” by Biden's election, after all, the black senator had done “very, very badly” in the Democratic primary race . The president also accused Harris of being “very mean” and “disrespectful” to Biden in the Democratic primary campaign .
Regarding the substantive positions of Harris, Trump said that he wanted to increase taxes and cut spending on the military . She is also against the so-called fracking for the production of oil and gas as well as for a "nationalized" health system. The president, who is behind Biden in polls, is trying to portray the Democrats as a "radical left" party ahead of the November 3rd * election . Biden announced on Tuesday that it would run against Trump with Harris by his side, making the 55-year-old senator the first woman and first black woman in US history to serve as vice president (see original message) .
Joe Biden nominates Kamala Harris as his deputy for the presidential election.
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US election: Biden gives in to pressure - Kamala Harris becomes runner-up candidate
Update from August 11, 10:33 p.m.: Now it's official. Joe Biden has announced his deputy in the battle for the chair in the White House. It will be the 55-year-old African American Senator Kamala Harris . The 77-year-old announced this a few minutes ago on the short message service Twitter. She was a fearless fighter for the little man, wrote Biden in his post. If the Democrats win the November election, Harris would be the first female vice president in the US .
I have the great honor to announce that I've picked @KamalaHarris - a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country's finest public servants - as my running mate.
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 11, 2020Joe Biden nominates Kamala Harris as his deputy for the presidential election.
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US election 2020: Open letter from several African Americans puts pressure on Joe Biden
(First report from August 11th) Washington - US presidential candidate Joe Biden could actually go into the election campaign against the incumbent head of government of the USA, Donald Trump , relaxed . Many polls see the Democrats well ahead of their competitors. But an important and large group of voters is now making an open letter to him that may be crucial for the election.
2020 US election: African Americans are calling for a black vice president
After the murder of the African American George Floyd * and countless “ Black Lives Matter *” protests around the world, the concerns of black US citizens have come to the fore again, at the latest. And so that their interests are now also represented politically, many African Americans , such as Sean "Diddy" Combs or Ben Crump - the lawyer for George Floyd's * family - demand in an open letter from Biden that a black woman be nominated as vice presidential candidate. " If you don't choose a black woman in 2020, you will lose the choice. We don't want to choose between the lesser of two evils and we don't want to vote between the devil we know and the devil we don't know because we're fed up with it. to vote for the devil - period, “says the letter.
More than 100 Black men urge Biden to pick Black woman as vice president, writing that "failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election" https://t.co/LbvjaApHiG pic.twitter.com/lx1RKols9s
- CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 11, 2020The ball is now in the 77-year-old's half. But he announced at the beginning of March that if he won the election *, then a woman would be made Vice-President . It would be the first in US history. So far there are three favorites on the post. US Senator Kamala Harris and Barack Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice are very popular. But there is also a white applicant for Biden's deputy in Senator Elizabeth Warren .
2020 US election: the candidate will be named at the Democratic Party conference
Next week the Democratic Party Conference will be held in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. On the last day of the four-day event, Biden will deliver his nomination speech. Many celebrity Democrats are expected next to him. In addition to former President Bill Clinton , Michelle and Barack Obama will also speak. It is also expected that he will appoint his deputy there at the latest. With the first female vice-president, he will have a “historic partner” in his efforts to lead the country out of the crisis, according to the Democratic Party's statement. Whoever is nominated, her speech is already scheduled for Wednesday (August 19th). (tel) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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